ORANGES IN THE DEAF COMMUNITY

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ORANGE COUNTY DEAF ADVOCACY CENTER BULLETIN
By OCDAC Communications (Updated May 1, 2008)

Check Out The Worlds Most Inclusive Blog Aggregator ... "Take a look at our Hearing For Life blog aggregator website. Come spend a visit or a day at our site. Lots of things to see, learn from, and enjoy!" ...

Introducing the OCDAC Visa Platinum card ... "Support the Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center with every purchase. Click on the card image to apply. OCDAC Visa Platinum card can be used to purchase access equipment, antioxidants, and Sign Language Calendars. Use it to go to the AG Bell Convention or the NAD Conference. OCDAC's card is here to help you wherever you go." ...

The Cultrally Deaf Community Needs To Stop Picking On Deaf People Living Outside Deaf Culture ... "The stereotyping in the recent episode of Cold Case is a reflection of what the cultrally deaf community has been seen doing to people and organizations who made themselves free from the grips of deaf culture. If the culturally deaf so wish to be embraced by society, they have to start embracing themselves and not pick fights over how they should live and communicate." ...

Come To Our First Hearing Impaired Adaptive Technology Expo ... "Take a look at our Hearing Impaired Adaptive Technology Expo website. Bring your Campbells Soup Labels to this expo for chances to win great prizes." ...

FREE ONLINE SIGN LANGUAGE CLASSES STARTING SEPTEMBER 1, 2008 ... "Take a look at our Online Classroom website. Bookmark the link. Starting September 1, 2008 at 7pm. No need to register or sign up for anything. Watch and learn sign language as a guest. We will have a schedule posted soon." ...

Check Out Our Ebay Store ... "Take a look at our OCDAC Adaptive Equipment & More store. Lots of products for the deaf, and blind, and people with other disabilities. We have gifts for all occaisons. Remember your parents, grand parents, brothers and sisters and family members who need adaptive equipment." ...

The 2008 Sign Language Calendars Are Here! ... "Yes! They have arrived! The theme for 2008 is Community Helpers. Signs of community helpers like interpreters, soldiers, doctors, and teachers and their related signs are on the calendars! You can get the calendars by clicking the link to 2008 Sign Language Calendars" ...

Mistica Contains Powerful Antioxidants ... "Our newest business partner 1 Global Alliance, Inc. will be helping us help people live healthier lives. Mistica is the anti-oxidant rich blend of exotic fruit and fruit goes a long way to helping people live healthier and reduces the risk of hearing loss from free radical contamination. CLICK HERE to purchase a bottle of Mistica from our partner." ...

New Office Hours for 2008 ... "We're changing our hours to make us more accessible to clients and volunteers.

Sunday : Closed

Monday : Closed

Tuesday : 10 AM - 3 PM

Wednesday : 10 AM - 3 PM

Thursday : 10 AM - 3 PM

Fridays : 10 AM - 3 PM

Saturdays : 9 AM - 2 PM

We will still make appointments for clients outside our business hours. We will be closed on weekends when we participate in exhibition or fundraising events. We're working on utilizing our group homes as possible sites for our appointments." ...

OCDAC Is A Leading Worldwide Supplier Of Accessibility Equipment For People With Disabilities ... "Included in our mission statement is our goal to help people with disabilities achieve equal access and one of the growing areas is access through use of technology. Through our TOP-RATE (Teach Our People to Reuse Assistive Technology Everyday) program we have made ourselves a leader in helping people with disabilities achieve equal access through the use of technology." ...

Thanks To All Of Our Volunteers ..."Our agency extends our lasting gratefulness to all of our 200 plus volunteers for helping us make good on our mission and vision statements. We have enjoyed their help in the past and will continue to cherish their help in the future." ...

Past, Present, and Future of Deaf Agencies ... "Our agency is a model agency for the future of deaf social services. We show it through our website and educational booths by promoting literacy, multiple forms of hearing loss mitigation, and communication methods. Unlike what you see at the website by the deaf agency in Los Angeles, we don't try to beautify our website with content that pretty much represent that of anything from the deaf past." ...

Campbell's Product Label Collection Campaign ... "We have a Campbell's product label collection campaign to help us raise the means to get supplies for our office Start saving your campbells product labels today and mail them to us on the first week of each month. Lets get those labels coming. Our big thanks to those who sent in their labels." ...

Oranges In The Deaf Community In Languages Of The World! ... "With our viewership from the international communities increasing at a steady pace, we wish to make this website accessible to them and the easiest way to accomplish this is by directing them to http://www.babelfish.altavista.com/ and entering Http://www.deafadvocacy.org in the website translation box and the babelfish will help our international viewers become strong advocates for the deaf and disability communities." ...

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